Grant writing consultants in California

Netzel Grigsby Associates is a California-based fundraising consulting firm founded in 1985, offering capital campaign counsel, feasibility and planning studies, development staffing, and training for nonprofits across arts, education, health, human services, faith-based, and youth sectors. It operates multiple offices across California and Hawaii.

Brakeley Briscoe, Inc. is a fundraising and management consulting firm (tracing roots to 1919) offering campaign feasibility studies, capital and endowment campaign management, major and planned giving, prospect research, and development executive search to nonprofits worldwide.

Partnership Resources Group (PRG), founded in 1991 and based in San Rafael, CA, has helped over 300 nonprofits in Northern California with capital and endowment campaigns, major gifts, annual giving, planned giving, and leadership development.

Susan Kleinman Wallis Consulting (founded 2011, San Anselmo, CA) is a fundraising consultancy helping nonprofits with grant writing, funder strategy, prospect research, and capacity-building coaching; has helped clients secure over $100M in grants.

Nonprofit fundraising, governance, and management consulting

Firefly Fundraising, founded by Steven Klein in 2000 (DBA Firefly, Inc.), is a boutique Los Angeles-based grant writing and fundraising consulting firm that has helped nonprofit clients raise over $800 million.

Collective Agency is a development and communications consulting firm founded in 2021 with offices in Oakland and Pacific Grove, California. Has raised over $300 million for 100+ nonprofit clients. Provides capital campaign strategy, major gifts programs, grant writing, CRM implementation, board development, and brand strategy.

Laura Jason Consulting is a Menlo Park, CA solo fundraising consultancy led by CFRE Laura Jason, providing institutional giving strategy, foundation/corporate proposal writing, prospect research, and capital campaign materials to nonprofits across the arts, health, animal welfare, human services, science, and environmental fields.

Lotus Consulting Team is a San Francisco Bay Area fundraising consulting firm founded in 2023 by Melissa Irish, offering capital campaign strategy, major gifts counsel, prospect research, grant writing, and board solicitation training to nonprofits.

KDD Philanthropy provides fundraising coaching, training workshops, and consulting services to help nonprofit organizations and educational institutions build fundraising capabilities and strengthen donor relationships

Independent fundraising consultant founded in 2019 providing strategy, donor pipeline development, and implementation support to early-stage and small nonprofits. Clients achieve average ROI of 10x and see new donor growth within 6-18 months.

My Philanthropy Team (MPT) is a woman-owned fundraising consulting firm founded in 2015 by Stacy Lee Gardner that acts as an outsourced development office, offering capital campaign planning, grant writing, interim fundraising staffing, and board/leadership development for nonprofits.

Catalan Conlon Consulting (incorporated 2016, currently FTB suspended status as of 2021) provides strategic fundraising consulting and coaching for nonprofits of all sizes. Catalan Conlon has 20+ years of experience supporting organizations on fundraising strategy, pipeline development, and leadership capacity building.

Los Angeles-area firm led by President Tony Silbert providing grant proposal writing, grants management, and fundraising counsel to nonprofit and public-sector organizations since 1996.

Community Works Consulting, founded in 2005 and based in Long Beach, CA, provides grantsmanship, strategic planning, facilitation and capacity-building services to nonprofits, helping clients raise an average of $12M annually.

A.M. Crawford, Inc. (AMC) is a woman-owned fundraising counsel and nonprofit-management firm based in San Francisco (with a Gainesville, FL office) that helps small and mid-sized nonprofits raise funds through grant writing, grants management, fundraising planning, major-donor campaigns, and board training. It reports having helped 110+ nonprofits raise over $128 million.

Sacramento-based consulting firm founded in 2012 offering strategic fund development, grant writing, and board development services to nonprofits, government, and foundations.

Grant Consulting Services LLC is a grant-writing and grant-management firm led by Valerie A. Grant, GPC, offering proposal development, funding strategy, prospect research and training with 25+ years in business.

Philanthropic consulting firm offering custom-tailored strategies including fund development, capital campaigns, grant writing, board governance, and organizational management for nonprofit organizations

DeLauro & Associates is a San Diego, CA fundraising consultancy founded in 2001 by Jim DeLauro offering campaign planning/feasibility studies, board and staff training, major gifts, planned giving, and prospect research counsel to nonprofit clients nationwide; note the firm's own website was unreachable during this review and this record relies on third-party business listings.

Fundraising consultant providing customized services including feasibility studies, strategic planning, prospect research, donor cultivation, grant writing, and development coaching to mission-driven nonprofits

Grant writing and technical assistance consulting for nonprofits with expertise in operating and capital campaigns, foundation relations, and major gifts

Sheikh/Impact is a social sector consulting firm that supports nonprofit organizations with fund development, organizational development, external relations, strategic planning, and training services.

Gary Bess Associates, founded in 1991 and led by Dr. Gary Bess, is a California-based consulting firm helping nonprofits and public agencies (notably federally qualified health centers) with grant writing, program evaluation, strategic planning, and funding development, securing over $650 million annually for partner organizations.

Grant consulting firm providing comprehensive grant services including readiness assessments, prospect research, proposal development, and grant management for nonprofits